Improvement in weather-strips



. N. ROWEN & M. D. MILLER.

W ember-Strip Patented July 2,1878.

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ATTORNEYS;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON ROIVEN AND MARTIN D. MILLER, OF OSWEGO, KANSAS.

lM PROVEMENT IN WEATHER-STRIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,686, dated July 2,1878; application filed J une 1, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NELSON BOWEN and MARTIN D. MILLER, of Oswego, inthe county of Labette and State of Kansas, have invented anew andvaluable Improvement in Weather- St-rips; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear. and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked there- Figure 1 of the drawingsis a representation of a transverse vertical section of ourweather-strip. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 3 is adetail view thereof.

The nature of our invention relates to the construction of aweather-strip for doors, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate ourinvention.

A represents an ordinary door-frame, with door B hinged thereto. Thelower edge of the door is beveled from the inner side downward andoutward, as shown, and in the sill of the door-frame is made a gutter,C, of the same width as the thickness of the door, and extendingentirely from jamb to jamb of the doorframe. In this gutter C is placeda loose strip, D, the upper side of which is provided with a lining, F,of zinc or other suitable sheet metal. This lining projects both infront and rear of the strip 1), and rests upon the top of the sill. Atits outer end the strip D is provided with a curved arm, I, extendingupward, as shown.

As the door 13 closes it strikes this arm I and forces the same into arecess at f in the door-jamb, and this movement raises the strip, asupon a hinge, up against the under edge of the door. It will, however,be noticed that we have no hinge to the strip, but that its outsideupper edge forms the center of rotation, thereby cramping the striptightly under the door.

When the door is opened the strip falls down in the gutter or groove-O,so as not to be in the way.

We are fully aware that it is not new to operate a weather-strip by thedoor in closing the same; hence we do notclaim such, broadly, as ourinvention.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the frame A and door B, of the groove or gutter 0,formed in the sill of the door-frame, the loose strip D, placed therein,the lining or covering F, extending beyond the strip on both sides andadapted to rest closely upon the outer side of the sillonly when tilted,and arm I, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribedournames in the presence of two witnesses.

NELSON ROVVEN. MARTIh D. MILLER.

\Vitnesses F. R. BARNES, WM. HoUcK.

